Cord blood nucleated red blood cell count as a predictor of long term sequelae in cases of perinatal asphyxia: a one-year follow-up study

Authors

  • Ashok Kumar Department of Pediatrics, G. S. V. M. Medical College, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
  • Rupa Dalmia Singh Department of Pediatrics, G. S. V. M. Medical College, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
  • Shashank Suryavanshi Department of Pediatrics, G. S. V. M. Medical College, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
  • Kriti Mohan Department of Pediatrics, G. S. V. M. Medical College, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/2349-3291.ijcp20183510

Keywords:

Long term neurodevelopmental outcome, Nucleated RBCs, Perinatal asphyxia

Abstract

Background: Nucleated red blood cells (NRBCs) can be easily found in cord blood and its >20/100 WBCs has been distinguished as a marker of perinatal asphyxia at birth. Authors conducted this study to find out if there exists a relation between NRBCs at birth and its effects on long term neurological outcome in patients of perinatal asphyxia.

Methods: This was a prospective longitudinal study conducted in the Department of Pediatrics in collaboration with Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, G.S.V.M. Medical College, Kanpur from December 2014 to September 2016.

Results: On assessing the long term neurodevelopmental outcome in newborns with HIE at birth, Authors found that cord blood NRBCs had no direct influence on the final neurodevelopmental outcome at 1 year of life as did HIE staging.

Conclusions: Authors propose that cord blood NRBC counts of > 20/100 WBCs is a good predictor of asphyxia at birth but is definitely not an indicator of forth coming developmental delay.

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2018-08-24

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